Tonart: G major•
Verse 1
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C
Look here, I'm in Augusta, Georgia.
G
C
My hometown, you know.
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On the auditorium steps
C
where I used to shine shoes.
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C
Now I go there, Jack, fill up the joint.
Don't sing a thing
G
C
but rhythm and blues.
G
You see, I kept the faith
because I believed that I could succeed.
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And now I'm a proud member
C
of the brand new breed.
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G
You can make it, Jack, if you try.
C
Like a good friend of mine,
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Jim Allison, said, if you make it,
you can make it if you try.
Just keep on pushing, Jack.
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G
That credit may feel an impression.
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G
Don't give up. Now dig this.
C
Quit dreaming all night.
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And stop pitying yourself,
C
or set back, get up and fight
G
See a cat can make a jump
if you get up and try to do something
C
Don't worry about them handouts,
G
go out there and earn it yourself
Don't be telling a cat
C
to give you nothing, be a man
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G
Like I said before, this is a man world
I didn't have nothing,
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G
I had to go out and get it
But thanks to all you people
C
because you made me what I am
G
But I showed some initiative,
you seen that I was trying
to do something
C
I was trying to be a man,
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and when a cat is trying to make it
You gotta give him a hand
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G
But the catch is not trying to make it,
don't be holding other people back,
get out the way
C
and let somebody do it again.
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that's when I want the kids to stay in school
G
and get a good education
so you'll know what
you're talking about.
You don't have to say what
and scratch your head
G
and go through that routine,
don't go through that thing.
C
Know what you're talking about,
turn your back and say
G
I know I'm right, you know,
that's the way I feel.
When I hit that bandstand
C
and started singing and dancing,
G
I might not be the best
but I know I know what
C
I'm doing at that time.
I'd have to ask somebody
G
if I'm doing the right thing because I know I'm
trying to entertain young people
C
because they come to see the show
G
and that's what I'm going to give them,
a show.
C
Now remember this. All right.
C
G
the Flames, the dancers,
our whole entourage of people,
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G
we've got tours from Florida to Rome,
C
but we won't forget one thing.
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The United States of America
Now, hit it one more time,
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C
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man. You hear that?
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Don't send me no other place,
Talk about my home,
C
just give me some Georgia,
some Alabama,
G
some Mississippi,
some New York, and some California.
and some South Carolina and Virginia
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G
Some Illinois and some West Virginia
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Some Dakota, South Dakota, North Dakota
G
You see, I can't name all
the different places now
C
If I leave anybody out,
G
don't get mad because I just, you know
C
Just a cat tryin' to keep it goin'
G
Yeah, I'm comin' from the good Kentucky,
G
I'm getting it together, you know,
C
just give me a little time.
G
Y 'all can check it out when
you get ready fellas,
C
I done said what I had to say.
G
Hey, don't forget Washington D .C.
Outro 1
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